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False: After paying National Insurance for 35 years, UK pensioners receive £6,800 a year. An image shared on Facebook makes an inaccurate comparison between the financial support which pensioners and "illegal immigrants" receive. It claims that "after paying National Insurance for 35 years, UK pensioners receive £6,800 a year" while "illegal immigrants will receive on (Source: Full Fact)

False: "Illegal immigrants" receive on average £26,000 a year in unearned benefits. An image shared on Facebook makes an inaccurate comparison between the financial support which pensioners and "illegal immigrants" receive. It claims that "after paying National Insurance for 35 years, UK pensioners receive £6,800 a year" while "illegal immigrants will receive on (Source: Full Fact)

False: Spain's High Court said that the virus that causes Covid-19 is a patented bioweapon. A screenshot being shared on Facebook claims that the Spanish High Court has announced that Covid-19 is a "bioweapon with a patent". This is false. It is an old claim that first began circulating in 2021, based on a misunderstanding of a document from Spain's Ministry of Health . (Source: Full Fact)

False: Sunglasses prevent melanin production, which reduces vitamin D production, increasing the risk of sunburn. An Instagram post liked almost 10,000 times claims that sunglasses increase the likelihood of getting sunburned. This is false. The post caption says: "[Sunglasses] trick the brain into thinking that it's dark due to their dark lens. This leads to a reduction in the production of (Source: Full Fact)

False: A photograph shows an unchipped dog that has been found in the road at various locations across the UK. A post on Facebook claims a photograph shows an unchipped dog that has been found in Watton, Norfolk . The post, which asks for help finding the owner, has been shared over 2,000 times. The same photo with similar text has also been shared hundreds of times in local groups for Wa (Source: Full Fact)

Target’s Pride colle...: Target’s Pride collection features a bathing suit for kids that is labeled “tuck-friendly.” The “tuck-friendly” swimsuits are only offered in adult sizes, according to a spokesperson for the company and Target’s website. Kids’ swimsuits in the collection do not feature this label. But the store’s seasonal collection of clothes for Pride month has been the subject of several misleading videos in recent weeks. Many of the posts criticizing Target have also urged people to boycott the company, following similar threats and transphobic commentary from conservative social media personalities towards brands includingBud LightandNikeover promotional campaigns featuring transgender people. Posts criticizing Target shared photos or videos of either a one-piece swimsuit with a bright pink, orange, green and blue colorblock pattern, or black swim bottoms with colorful line stitches. Both feature a circular tag that reads, “Tuck-Friendly Construction,” and “Extra Crotch Coverage.” “Did you know @Target also sells ‘tuck-friendly’ bathing suits for children in the Pride section? Well now you do,” reads one post sharing a photo of the tag on Twitter. The post has received more than 4,000 likes. However, the swimsuits labeled “tuck-friendly” are only in adult sizes, and are not available in kids’ sizes, Kayla Castaneda, a spokesperson for Target, told the AP. Both thecolorful one-pieceandblack swim bottomsseen in the photos and videos online are clearly labeled on Target’s website as adult swimsuits. Both pages list the products as coming in “general adult sizing” and offer adult XS as the smallest size for sale. “The ‘tuck-friendly’ swim suits are for adults only,” Castaneda said. The kids’ swimsuits in the Pride collection are not the same design or construction and do not have the same label, Castaneda confirmed. At a Target in New York City’s downtown Brooklyn neighborhood that the AP visited on Monday, the same adult swimsuits shown on social media featured the “tuck-friendly” tag, while akids’ black swimskirtfor sale instead had a tag reading: “Thoughtfully Fit on Multiple Body Types and Gender Expressions.” The Pride apparel for kids, adults and pets was located together at the front of the store, in an area often used for seasonal or limited-edition collections, and not in the children’s section. After the intense online backlash and some reports of in-store confrontations, Targetremovedsome LGBTQ+-themed products and relocated Pride Month displays to the back of stores in certain Southern locations. Target declined to specify which items it was removing. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)

False: Video shows a U.S. military member opening a border gate and allowing immigrants to enter the country illegally. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the migrants in the video had already crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and were on U.S. soil when they were passing through the gate in the video.The federal agency said the people are subject to U.S. immigration laws. They were being taken to a processing center in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Source: PolitiFact)

False: Fox News has not fired Laura Ingraham Fox News has not fired host Laura Ingraham, a spokesperson for the network said, calling May 2023 posts on social media that made the claim “false.” Users have shared posts that read: “BREAKING: Laura Ingraham got FIRED from her nightly show on Fox.” Examples can be seen (here),  (Source: Reuters)

Altered: Image of George Soros in the background of Ron DeSantis photo is digitally altered An image appearing to show billionaire George Soros seated at a table in the background of a photograph of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is altered. The image shows DeSantis standing alongside pundit John Cardillo, with what appears to be Soros viewable in the background seated a (Source: Reuters)

Factfind: PBP-propos...: Factfind: PBP-proposed housing amendment isn't intended to evict people from their homes (Source: TheJournal.ie)

All German Fact Checks

Falsch: Die Bundeslandwirtschaftsministerin habe in einem ZDF-Beitrag indirekt zugegeben, dass Geflüchtete mehr als 1.100 Euro im Monat hätten und Rentner nur circa 600 Euro. Seit Jahren kursiert ein Kettenbrief im Netz, dessen Verfasser sich über eine angebliche Ungerechtigkeit aufregt: Geflüchtete bekämen monatlich mehr Geld als Rentner. Die Behauptung verbreitet sich aktuell wieder aufFacebookundTiktok. Sie bezieht sich auf einenZDF-Beitrag, wonach (Source: Correctiv)

Frei Erfunden: In Peine, Niedersachsen, solle eine Grundschule zu einer Unterkunft für Geflüchtete umgebaut werden. Ein Kanal, der auf Tiktok immer wieder Hetze gegen Geflüchtete unter dem Deckmantel angeblicher Satire verbreitet, veröffentlichteam 15. Mai ein Video, in dem eine Erzählstimme behauptet: „Eine Grundschule aus dem Landkreis Peine wird in den Sommerferien zu einer Flüchtlingsunter (Source: Correctiv)